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Clown with young child in bed, ? hospital Biomedical ScienceMedical clowns in a U.S hospital health-care team started when a professional clown at NY’s Big Apple Circus founded Clown Care in 1986. Clowning became a well-established way of helping patients of all ages during their recovery. Clowning in health-care settings called for a special way of interacting with…
Mother and Child Reunion is a song by Paul Simon on his 1972 album. It was released as a single, reaching #4 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the Weekly charts, the song reached a peak position of #1 place in South Africa, #4 place in New Zealand and #5 place in Australia.…
Street Libraries are homes for books, planted in families’ front yard. They are accessible from the street, and are an invitation to share the joys of reading with neighbours. Street Libraries’ books come and go without checking them in or out. People can simply reach in and take what interests them; when they are done,…
Tissot, Bad News/The Parting, 1872, 69x91 cm. National Museum Cardiff Jacques Tissot (1836-1902) fought in the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris, as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 art evoked the period of the French revolution. But it wasn’t a happy time for the Commune; he left Paris for London in 1871 and spent a decade as an…
Oliver Wolf Sacks (1933-2015) was born in London, youngest of four sons of two Lithuanian Jewish doctors. Oliver spent most of his childhood in London, though his GP father and surgeon mother sent him to a rural boarding school for 4 years in WW2 to escape the horrific air raids. Sacks hated bullying and cruelty…
Noted businessman John Jacob Astor (1864-1912), who made his fortune in the fur trade, was 47 when the Titanic sank in April 1912. According to survivor accounts, Astor didn’t believe the ship was in any kind of immediate danger. He helped his young wife Madeleine (1893-1940) board Lifeboat#4 and was last seen smoking and talking…
The Medici: Portraits and Politics 1512–1570 exhibition was at Metropolitan NY in 2021. The catalogue by the same name explored how the artists endowed their works with a clearly stylish character that identified Florentine portraiture. With 90+ notable paintings, sculptures, works on paper and medals, this volume was written by a team of leading international authors…
"Sodankäynnin amatöörit puhuvat strategiasta ja taktiikasta. Ammattilaiset puhuvat logistiikasta."Kannattaa penkoa DVD-kauppoja! Kampin Sähkötalossa toimivasta, erittäin tasokkaasta Filmihullusta löytyi taannoin pienehkö aarre: The Red Ball Express (1952).Huoltopuoli on harvemmin sodassa glorifioitua, saati sitten elokuvissa teemana. The Red Ball Express on tässä mielessä sekä filmausajankohdaltaan (1952) että aiheeltaan hyvin erikoinen.The Red Ball Express oli Normandian maihinnousun jälkeen…
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)Kuva: Wikipedia.orgTällä kertaa plakkariin tarrautui Mel Gibsonin Hacksaw Ridge (2016), joka kertoo II maailmansotaan Tyynellämerellä lääkintämiehenä osallistuneesta yhdysvaltalaisesta aseistakieltäytyjästä Doss Desmondista. Desmond sai urheudestaan sodan jälkeen Medal of Honorin. Muistin lukeneeni tästä hyviä arvioita, joten odotukset olivat suht korkealla.Valitettavasti heti kärkeen sai todeta, että elokuvan alku on pateettinen ja suorastaan siirappinen. Lapsuus veljen…